Normally, two minor-leaguers who hit near the bottom of the lineup and sport batting averages in the low-.200s wouldn’t be worthy of mention.

But when one is a third baseman who played his college ball for Binghamton University and the other is the biggest thing to hit minor-league baseball since Michael Jordan … well, it takes on added significance.

Reed Gamache’s second year of professional baseball brought him together with Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Tim Tebow. They were teammates on the Columbia Fireflies, the New York Mets’ affiliate in the Class A South Atlantic League. On Monday, the 23-year-old Gamache was assigned to the Mets’ rookie league squad, the Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York-Penn League.

“It’s been really cool,” Gamache said last Thursday of playing with Tebow, former first-round NFL draft pick who led the Denver Broncos to a playoff victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2012. “He’s a good guy to be around and a really nice guy. He’s learning just like the rest of us.”

Tebow’s presence has translated in big crowds, home and away for the Fireflies this season. Columbia drew a Sally League-best 130,000 fans for its 24 home games this season. By contrast, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies – the Mets’ Double-A farm team – has drawn 64,772 through its first 27 games at NYSEG Stadium. In the Eastern League, where the Rumble Ponies play, only Reading and Richmond are averaging more fans than Columbia.

On the road, some parks have seen attendance increase by 120 percent when the Fireflies visit.

The aforementioned Jordan had a similar effect when he took a sabbatical from basketball to try his hand at baseball. Strangely, another player with local ties played in the minors with Jordan, who led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles in the 1990s.

In 1994, Windsor graduate Joel Bennett and Jordan were teammates on the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League.

“Oh, my goodness, it was a crazy atmosphere,” said Bennett, who had a 2-1 record in the big leagues. “Everywhere we went, kids were yelling, ‘Michael, Michael, Michael.’”

Bennett said he recalled catcher Greg Zaun asking Jordan how he deals with all of the attention.

Michael Jordan, who led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles in the 1990s, played with Windsor graduate Joel Bennett in the Arizona Fall League in 1994.(Photo: Associated Press)

“When you make the kind of money I make, that’s part of it,” Bennett said of Jordan’s response.

Perhaps the biggest difference between Jordan and Tebow? Gamache said not everyone shows up to cheer Tebow, a 29-year-old whose religious beliefs have made him a polarizing figure back to his days in a Florida Gators football uniform.

“You see how many people come out to boo him,” Gamache said of Tebow, who is hitting .224 with three homers and 21 RBIs, heading into this week’s SAL’s All-Star break. “He never lets it get to him or faze him. Good or bad, he always keeps a level head and that’s something I’ve learned from him.”

Gamache, signed by the Mets as an undrafted free agent in 2016, spent the first half of the season in Columbia. His average dipped to .164 after going 0-for-4 against Hagerstown on June 1. However, in his final seven games with the Fireflies, Gamache went 7-for-19 (.368) to raise his batting average to .207. For the season, he has three doubles, one triple, a homer, 11 RBIs and 11 runs over 29 games.

“Yeah, I’ve been going well,” Rhode Island native Gamache said before he was assigned to Brooklyn, which had its NY-P opener at Staten Island postponed by rain Monday. “I’ve been feeling comfortable.”

In his Cyclones’ debut, Gamache went 1-for-3 and scored twice in a 7-4 loss to the Staten Island Yankees on Tuesday,

Gamache said facing pitchers who throw 90-plus mph and command multiple pitches on a nightly bases has been the biggest adjustment from his days at BU, where he had 172 hits and drove in 101 runs over four seasons.